Animal Phyla- Annelids

L-Linked
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D-Divided
S-Segments


· Annelids have a segmented body plan which allows them to burrow through soil.
· They are invertebrates
· There are about 15,000 known modern species of annelids.
· There are three classes
o Polychaeta
o Hirudinea
o Oligochaeta
· Annelids are bilaterally symmetrical and vermiform (long and slender)
· An annelid is a true ceolomate but may be divided by septa (thin membrane that separates two structures within the organism).
· Annelids have a tube-within-a-tube body plan with a separate mouth and anus.

MC Question:

What allows annelids to travel through their environment?
a)They are used to wet environments.
b)Their segmented body plan.
c)They have a tube-within-a-tube body plan.
d)They are invertebrates.